Sad Quotes about Life

Compared to my previous hub about 'When
Life gives you Lemon Quotes',
this one is perhaps a bit less cheerful, but perhaps also a bit more
inspirational! I have collected, again, my favorite quotes, this time
the ones about life's sadness, how to cope with it and – most
importantly, how to see the light at the end of the tunnel! So, here
we go, and if you know one or more of the authors of the not
attributed quotes, please feel free to leave that information in a
comment and I will add the attribution. As we say in German: 'Honor
where honor is due!' Some of these sad quotes about life are my own
creation, some are adaptions and translations I made, but others I
found both in online and offline sources. I considered them to be in
the public domain, but just in case you hold the copyright to one of
them, just shoot me a note and I will address the issue immediately!
But now back to my collection of famous quotes of life's sadness. Let start of with a, nearly, funny one
of the famous author and inspirational writer Mr. Anonymous:

“There will always be death and
taxes; however, death doesn't get worse every year.”

Inspirational and / or Funny Quotes to cope better with Daily Sadness

“Those that sow
in tears, shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126, 5

“We enjoy warmth because we have been
cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the
same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness.” by David Weatherford (Child
Psychologist and contributing author to 'Chicken Soup for the Soul')

“However long the night, the dawn
will break.” by Unknown, possibly an African Proverb

“There are as many nights as days,
and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a
measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if
it were not balanced by sadness.” Carl Jung (Swiss Psychiatrist and
founder of Psychoanalysis)

And from the same author: “Even a
happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word
‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by
sadness. C.J.”

“When I look back, on all these
worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed
that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never
happened.” by Winston Churchill (British Politician)

“Sadness flies away on the wings of
time.” by Jean de La Fontaine (French Fabulist and Poet)

“The walls we build around us to keep
out the sadness also keep out the joy.”

“No my friend, darkness is not
everywhere, for here and there I find faces illuminated from within;
paper lanterns among the dark trees.”

“I seldom think about my limitations,
and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning
at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.” by Helen
Keller (First deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree,
American writer and activist, learn more about her amazing story on
Wikipedia.)

“Hearts will never be practical,
until they are made unbreakable.” From The Wizard of Oz ;-)

“The tragedy of life is not that it
ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

"Never frown...even when you're
sad 'cause you never know when someone's falling in love with your
smile."- Good advice from Mr. Anonymous ;-)

"The essential sadness is to go
through life without loving. But it would be almost equally sad to
leave this world without ever telling those you loved that you love
them."- Good advice, imho. Have you told anybody today that you
love them?

"You can choose to be happy or sad
and whichever you choose that is what you get. No one is really
responsible to make someone else happy, no matter what most people
have been taught and accept as true."- What did you choose to be
today?

“There is no moment more precious
than the exact moment you are living now. Even if it is a sad one.”

“It's better to light a candle than
to curse the darkness.” by Eleanor Roosevelt (A woman that was so
much more than only 'His Wife'. Learn more: Here)

“The way I see it, if you want the
rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” — Dolly Parton
(American Singer and Songwriter)

“This, too, shall pass.” —
William Shakespeare (I hope you know who he was ;-))

“There is nowhere morning does not
go.”

“Beginnings are scary. Endings are
usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most.”

“Dying seems less sad than having
lived too little.”

“Better by far you should forget and
smile than that you should remember and be sad.”

“I had rather have a fool make me
merry, than experience make me sad.”

“I know God wouldn't give me anything
I can't handle, I just wish he didn't trust me so much.” - Could
have been coined by me, but isn't, source unknown.

Something to cheer you up:

“Expecting life to treat you well
because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to
charge because you are a vegetarian.” ;-)

“Never take life seriously. Nobody
gets out alive anyways.”

“And in the end, it’s not the years
in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“The tragedy of life is not so much
what men suffer, but rather what they miss.” Thomas Carlyle
(Scottish Writer)

“Death is not the greatest loss in
life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

“This is your life and it’s ending
one minute at a time.” - Puts things into perspective, doesn't it?

“Life is half spent before we know
what it is.”

“When you change the way you look at
things, the things you look at will change also.” - Sounds nearly
metaphysical, Schrodinger's cat anybody?

“As a well-spent day brings happy
sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” Great advice from
a great artist: Leonardo da Vinci

“The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers
wisdom.”

“When you were born, you were crying,
and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life in such a way
that when you die, you’re smiling, and everyone around you is
crying.”

“Shared joy is a double joy; shared
sorrow is half a sorrow.”

“The real malady is fear of life, not
fear of death.”

Perhaps the three Saddest Life Quote of
all I found so far:

“Of all the words ever spoken, the
saddest are: It might have been.” by Unknown

“Don't fear failure so much that you
refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains
three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.” by
Louis E. Boone (American Scientific Writer)

“The bitterest tears shed over graves
are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

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